When he heard them say about Tirhakah king of [a]Cush, “Behold, he has come out to fight you,” he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

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  1. 2 Kings 19:9 Or Ethiopia

Now Sennacherib received a report that Tirhakah, the king of Cush,[a] was marching out to fight against him. So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word:

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  1. 2 Kings 19:9 That is, the upper Nile region

The Banquets of the King

Now it happened in the days of (A)Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned (B)from India to [a]Cush over (C)127 provinces,

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  1. Esther 1:1 Or Ethiopia

Queen Vashti Deposed

This is what happened during the time of Xerxes,[a](A) the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces(B) stretching from India to Cush[b]:(C)

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  1. Esther 1:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus; here and throughout Esther
  2. Esther 1:1 That is, the upper Nile region

10 therefore, behold, I am (A)against you and against your [a]canals, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and as far as the border of [b]Cush.

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  1. Ezekiel 29:10 Or Nile
  2. Ezekiel 29:10 Or Ethiopia

10 therefore I am against you(A) and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt(B) a ruin and a desolate waste(C) from Migdol(D) to Aswan,(E) as far as the border of Cush.[a](F)

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  1. Ezekiel 29:10 That is, the upper Nile region